Sessions at OSCON 2011 about Geospatial

Wednesday 27th July 2011

• Open Geospatial Libraries for Ruby

  by Chris Helm

  Both location based technology and Ruby have become extremely popular in recent years. There are many libraries and tools that are available for Rubyists to geospatially enable their applications. In this workshop you will learn both what these tools are and how to use them.

  • Geospatial
  • Ruby

  At 5:00pm to 5:40pm, Wednesday 27th July

  In D135, Oregon Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck

Friday 29th July 2011

• Cultivating Open Geo-Data in the Real-World: A Guided Tour of Three Portland-based Projects

  by Matt Blair

  A review of three open data projects, from a developer's perspective: assembling a map of poetry posts, crowd-sourcing photos of Heritage Trees, and showcasing Portland's extensive collection of Public Art. Includes practical tips, such as using CouchDB to manage datastores that continue to evolve based on citizen input. Ideal for anyone hoping to get their community engaged in open data projects.

  • CouchDB
  • Geospatial

  At 11:00am to 11:40am, Friday 29th July

  In F150, Oregon Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck